A powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Alaska’s Old Harbor region, triggering panic among residents ...

Long-time Roma Norte resident María Meléndez shares her views on Mexico City's anti-gentrification protest, and what's really behind the movement.

The brick-clad fire-resistant design by Zoltan Pali is one of many that the city’s architecture firms have drawn up to build back better in Pacific Palisades ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have earthquake-tested a 10-story, 100-foot-tall steel structure, saying it’s the tallest steel structure ever tested with an earthquake simulator, ...

Japan’s skyscrapers are built to withstand some of the strongest earthquakes in the world, thanks to innovative engineering and seismic design. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan is no ...

A new study on the ancient Greek city of Helike shows how repeated earthquakes transformed the landscape and forced ...

In a groundbreaking experiment, engineers have tested the tallest steel-framed building ever placed on an earthquake ...

Calling it an exercise in imagination, seismologist Carl Tape stopped at the site of Dome City and the former townsite of ...

This year’s 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara earthquake has brought to my mind the two devastating quakes that struck ...